Hurricane Harvey
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As Harvey submerges Houston, local officials defend their calls not to evacuate

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August 28, 2017 at 3:59 p.m. EDT
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner defended his decision not issue an evacuation order for Houston. (Video: Reuters)

Through Monday morning, Harvey continued to unleash record levels of rain on Houston, causing “catastrophic” flooding in the city and in surrounding Harris County, where at least six people appear to have died as a result of the storm.

Some parts of Harris County have received more than 30 inches of rain since Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS warned of “additional catastrophic, unprecedented and life threatening flooding” through this week and placed flash-flood emergencies for all of Southeast Texas.